Swinging cradle



J. S. NIMICKS.

SWINGING CRADLE.

APPLICATION FILED luv 20. 1920.

1,38s,1 17. Patented Aug. 16,1921.

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SWINGING CRADLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A1133 16., 1921 7 Application filed July 20, 1920.- Serial No. 397,729.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPHINE S. NIMIoKs, a citizen of Lithuania, residing at-Freehold county of Monmouth, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swinging Cradles, of.

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved swinging cradle of that class which is suspended from the roof of a canopy, and it is the principal object of the invention to provide a foldable structure of this kind which can be conveniently carried from place to place.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cradle of this kind which can be rocked conveniently by foot or manually and which is provided with means for amusing and for protecting the infanttherein against insects and the rays of the sun.

For further comprehension of the invention. and of the further obiects and advantaqes thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claim in which the various features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the drawing The single figure represents the device constructed according to the present invention in perspective view.

The canopy or tent structure 10 comprises four inclined standards 11. 12. 13 and 14, each of which is provided near its lower endsresting on the ground. with a pair of eyes 15 for the reception of the hooked end of a rod 16 connecting one of the standards with the next following one. Similar eyes 17 and rods 18 connect the standards as shown at some distance above the eyes 15 and rods 16. and strips of canvas 19 or the like are stretched between the upper and lower rods which pass through suitable seams of the canvas strips as shown. The upper ends of the standards or post 11, 12. 13 and 14 are removably secured in any well known manner to a top 20 composed of two parts. as for instance the boards 21 and 22 which are connected in their center at the adjoining edges thereof by means of a latch 23 passed through suitable keepers 24 and 25 provided with pins 26 to hold the latch 1n osltion.

anvas pieces 27 are secured with their upper edges to the edges of the boards 21 and 22 and reach down to a certain distance in order to exclude the rays of the sun; they are supported by being guided around the single standards as shown.

A cradle 28 is conveniently suspended by ahanger 29 connected by cables 30 to the four corners of the cradle from the inner ceiling of the top 20 and a mosquito netting v 31 is secured to the cables and to the hanger 29, which for this purpose carries a disk or plate 32, the lower ends of the netting being secured to the inner edges of the cradle.

At one of its smaller end walls a rope or the like 33 is secured to the cradle provided with a loop 34 ofi'ering a convenient handle if the cradle is to be rocked by hand from,

a distance and a hook 35 is provided on which the loop 34 may be hung if the rope 33 is not to be used.

In order to enable a rocking of the cradle by foot, the bottom of the cradle is provided at its center with a suitable loop 36 provided with a foot rest 37. V

A handle 38 is provided on one of the larger side parts'of the cradle permitting a swinging of the same by hand, sidewise.

A toy 39. suspended from the hanger 29 is provided to amuse the childreposing on the bedding 40 within the cradle.

From the foregoing it will be clear that I have provided a convenient cradle suspension which can be quickly demounted and folded and carried from place to place and which protects the child and its attendant against the rays of the sun and the child against insect bites or stings while permitting rocking of the cradle by hand or foot in one or the other direction.

It is obvious that many changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the minor details of my invention with described particularly for the suspension of a childs cradle and comprising a plurality of inclined standards, connections for the lower ends of said standards, a bi- 5 partite top to which the upper ends of said standards are removably secured, a latch and keeper arrangement for locking both parts of the top together, and canvas strips carried around the standards at their foot and at their top parts.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. I

JOSEPHINE S. NIMIGKS. 

